This kit has been in the primary for a week and a half. The instructions say primary one week secondary one week then bottle. I was going to leave it in the primary 2 weeks at least and thinking maybe three. Any thoughts on this? I've been reading posts about people leaving batches in their primary for three weeks but not sure if that depends on what style or if there is any benefit to using a secondary for certain styles if it even matters at all.

According to the brewer at Bell's, Oberon does not use any spice (orange peel, or corriander specifically). My first batch lacked the fruity citrus that I so love in my Oberon. For my second batch I am going to try a dry hop with 9% Centennial hops. In other beers when I have dry hopped in the 2ndary with Centennial I have gotten a real good orange/lemon flavor. I'll let you know how it goes.

This kit has been in the primary for a week and a half. The instructions say primary one week secondary one week then bottle. I was going to leave it in the primary 2 weeks at least and thinking maybe three. Any thoughts on this? I've been reading posts about people leaving batches in their primary for three weeks but not sure if that depends on what style or if there is any benefit to using a secondary for certain styles if it even matters at all.

This batch didn't turn out as good as I had hoped. Doesn't taste much like Oberon.Much darker and sweeter.I'm new to HB and this is only my 2nd batch so it could be due to error on my part but it's still very drinkable.This is one of my faves so I'm sure I'll attemt it again at some point.

Start in at 133F for 15 minutes
Decoc 12 pints of mash (adjust this for your system)
155F for 60minutes
mash out.

My first recipe wasn't as close to the original but I knew I was on to something. I used Wyeast 1010 (VERY CLOSE) but not exact. I then decided to harvest some Bell's yest from a bottle. - that's when it became perfect.

I started my fifth batch of this recipe this weekend, I am on the second generation of this particular strain of yeast, I assume it will turn out okay, but I don't know how many generations that yeast was used at bells, so....

OG 1.059
FG 1.014-016

I have only bottled this beer, I am going to keg this final batch and see how she does.

^ Thanks for that. Oberon is one of my favorite brews. I'm new to AG with just one batch under my belt so far but once I build enough confidence in what I'm doing I'll be giving this a shot.Let us know how this batch turns out.